Homebrew PCBs

In article <51914A6B.9000102@...>,
   Paul <paul@...> wrote:
> Maplin board!

Maplin - Arrgh

Bought some board from them once, they had to order it because they had
none in stock at the local shop. That was usual. I would go in with a list
and if I was lucky they might have two of the items I wanted - must have
cost them a fortune in postage because they would send direct from head
office post free.

When it turned up it seemed to be covered in scratches, which I judged
would have gone right through the protective film and the photo-resist. I
complained and they sent me a replacement piece that looked worse than the
first - looked like somebody had been kicking and scuffing it around on
the floor. I was in a hurry and desperate so I had to use it - broken
tracks everywhere where the scratches had removed the resist.

One would have thought that because I had complained they would have
checked the replacement over before sending it out.

-- 
Stuart Winsor

Midlands RISC OS and Raspberry pi show, 13th July 2013

http://www.mug.riscos.org/show13/MUGshow.html